Via Caribbean Business :
" The confirmation of two more fatal dengue cases has pushed the death toll from the mosquito-borne virus to a record 22 for the year, the Health Department reported Friday.
The two newly confirmed deaths — an adult and a minor — were among a dozen fatalities being analyzed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to Assistant Health Secretary Concepción Quiñones de Longo.
The incidence of the virus shows little sign of slowing months into an epidemic that has sickened thousands of people around the island.
A total of 840 suspected dengue cases were reported to the CDC in the most recent week registered (Aug.20-26), which is 629 cases above the epidemic threshold for the period, Quiñones de Longo said.
The number of dangerous hemorrhagic dengue cases held at 28 for the year.
The municipalities with the highest incidence for the most recent week reported were: Bayamón, San Juan, Ponce, Arecibo, Quebradillas and Guaynabo."
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